The completeness of eigenfunctions of the tidal equation on equatorial beta plane

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 769-774

  Wu, Zhaohua ^a   Moore, Dennis W ^b  

^a CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

^b NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIDES;

HILBERT SPACE; MERIDIONAL EIGENFUNCTIONS; TIDAL EQUATIONS;

ATMOSPHERICS;

ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; EIGENVALUE; NUMERICAL METHOD;

EID: 1842732593     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<0769:TCOEOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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